Noun. A heavy woolen cloth. A flat-bottomed cargo boat; mackinaw boat.
Noun. (chiefly politics) A relaxing of tension, especially between countries.
Noun. Traditionally the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves; typically regarded as being from September 24 to December 22 in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, and the months of March, April and May in the Southern Hemisphere.
Noun. A lobby, corridor, or waiting room, used in a hotel, theater, etc.
Noun. A person with specialized knowledge or skills, especially one who is socially awkward.
Verb. To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means.
Noun. One of the turns of a winding, crooked, or involved course.
Noun. A person who delivers messages.
Noun. One who interferes, intrudes or gets involved where not welcome, particularly a self-interested intruder.
Verb. To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
Adjective. Abounding. Gorged, filled to near the point of bursting, especially with food or drink.
Verb. To give force or effect toward; to influence.
Noun. A severe psychiatric condition, often associated with schizophrenia, characterized by a tendency to remain in a rigid state of stupor for long periods which give way to short periods of extreme agitation.
Noun. A herbivorous, arboreal South American mammal of the families Megalonychidae and Bradypodidae, noted for its slowness and inactivity.
Noun. A state of being frivolous.